Sand Game

Nobody likes to see their golf ball drop into a bunker. When your ball winds up in the sand, your mind usually starts to race a little bit. What kind of lie am I going to have? Will I be able to get up and down to save par? Why did I hit the ball in the bunker in the …

If there is one thing that all experienced golfers know about hitting the ball into a bunker, it is this – you’re always going to be nervous until you get a chance to look at the lie. Hitting the ball into a bunker isn’t always a bad thing, as a good lie in the sand is often better than a …

If you watch golf on TV from time to time, you already know one thing to be true – professional golfers are incredible from greenside bunkers. While this is a shot that most amateur golfers hate to encounter, it would seem that the pros relish in the chance to show off their skills. Given a good lie and enough room …

There are plenty of shots around the course that scare the average golfer, but few are as intimidating as the fairway bunker shot. When you see your tee shot duck down into a sand trap off of the side of the fairway, it is easy to get discouraged about your prospects for the rest of the hole. Making birdie suddenly …

The look of horror on your face as you reach for the sand wedge, the thoughts of leaving it in results in a tentative short stabbing motion and the ball is knifed, just over the lip of the bunker, zooming across the green and 10 yards over the back, Phew !!!! At least it’s out. Sound familiar, if so just …

So you just crushed your brand new R1 driver 287 yards down the fairway and you’re flexing your muscles as you walk back to your cart. You knock your 2nd shot short into deep bunker just off the front right side of the green. Immediately you begin thinking about your perfect drive wasted, your birdie potentially becoming a bogey…and then suddenly, …